Play Aces of the Pacific Online

Game Overview

If you've ever wanted to feel what it was like to dogfight over the Pacific in WWII, Aces of the Pacific nails that cockpit tension. You start by picking your ride—everything from a nimble Zero to a hulking B-29—and suddenly you're wrestling with realistic flight physics while tracer fire zips past your wings. The first time I tried landing on a carrier, I overshot and ended up in the drink, which honestly made me respect naval aviators way more.

What’s cool is how it doesn’t just dump you into random battles. You’ll fly actual historical missions, like scrambling to defend Pearl Harbor or hunting enemy carriers at Midway. And if you’re feeling ambitious, the career mode lets you climb ranks while dealing with stuff like weather changes and blackouts during high-G turns. (Pro tip: Don’t ignore the realism settings—they make the stakes feel real.)

It’s one of those old-school sims where the learning curve is part of the charm. You’ll crash a lot at first, but nailing that perfect deflection shot on a Zero or pulling off a dicey carrier landing? Pure satisfaction. Still holds up if you can handle the retro graphics.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".